Testosterone deficiency: A key factor in the increased cardiovascular risk to women following hysterectomy or with natural aging?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 825-829

  Rako, Susan ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INSULIN METABOLISM; LIBIDO; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031655416     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1998.7.825     Document Type: Article

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